Show cattle guide to crop adjustment demands plans to use grain and forage yields ny by R B R sap late chief in poet beet cattle I 1 and U I 1 ot of illinois service retirement ot of some acres acrea of corn and wheat land from normal production under the AAA programs Is likely to be successful only it if live stack stock numbers are adjusted t to 0 the new levels of grain and ana forage production cattle constitute a lock washer which can be used to hold steady and give permanence to many adjustments which abich may be made in agricultural practices farmers with cattle will quickly see the advantages to be gained by raising less grain and more forage and pasture since this naw new supply of forage can be used effectively in beef production consequently changes made by such farmers in their cropping systems will bo be relatively permanent on the other hand farmers without cattle will find their hayand pasture crops even more difficult to dispose of at remunerative nera tive prices than were their former surpluses of corn and wheat cattle contribute further to the success of the governments adjustment programs through the aid which they furnish in maintaining the fertility of high grade land if marginal and land Is entirely removed from cultivation it will be imperative that the land used for the growing of harvested crops be maintained in a high state of fertility for this purpose cattle manure has no equal furthermore beef cattle aid in the elimination of burdensome surpluses through thear their ability to convert a million bushels of corn into five million pounds of beef the million bushels of corn in its natural state would supply the total cereal needs of people for an entire year white while the pounds of beet beef will suffice only tor for persons a year at the pr arc nt scale of beef consumption small fluctuations in the corn barley and oat crops amounting to a few million bushels either cither way have but slight effect on the grain market so long as there are sufficient clent cattle in the country to permit the utilization of the surpluses or to permit the release of sufficient grain to make good the deficit by the varying number of cattle given a grain feed without sufficient cattle to furnish this safety factor relatively small fluctuations in the grain crops may have a great influence on market prices |